IT MATTERS

 

IT MATTERS

We ALL want to be SUCCESSFUL-

With our lives=we want to be PRESIDENT-

Actors and actresses=sports heroes=but most

of us DON'T end up in=

Those kinds of professions

Despite that=God GIVES us work

That we all can be

SUCCESSFUL at

WORK that matters

We are CALLED-

TO do the work of a DISCIPLE

“I GLORIFIED you on earth

By ACCOMPLISHING the work

That you GAVE me to do”                                                                                             John 17:4

And the WORK that we

ARE given to do-

Is the work of DISCIPLESHIP

This is a BIG JOB=

And it really MATTERS-

This JOB of discipleship

“Then Jesus came to them

And said-

'ALL authority in HEAVEN

And on earth=

Has been given to me

Therefore GO and make disciples 

Of all NATIONS..........”                                                                                                    Matthew 28:19

YES!=this is the work

That we ALL have been given

To do

And this is IMPORTANT work=

To BRING the love of GOD

To others

WHEREVER we are CALLED in life

No matter-our position

It is WORK that we can all do=

And IT MATTERS

“A NEW COMMAND-I give you-

LOVE one another-

As I have LOVED YOU-

So you=MUST-

LOVE one another

By this-EVERYONE-

Will know

That you are my disciples=

IF you love one another”                                                                                                     John 13:34-35

BEING a DISCIPLE of CHRIST MATTERS=

And it is a job that

Anyone can do=JUST LOVE=

LOVE GOD=love yourself=and LOVE others

And you have PROVEN yourself-

But it is DEFINITELY a job-

That is NOT EASY

“..........

So for a WHOLE year

Barnabas and Saul-

MET with the church

And TAUGHT great numbers of people

The disciples were FIRST

Called CHRISTIANS at Antioch”                                                                                        Acts 11:25-26

And so the DISCIPLES were INCREASING

Because of teaching and-

BECAUSE OF LOVE

And that is OUR JOB!=to live-

LOVE-and preach the GOOD NEWS

Of the Lord=ALL OVER the world

UNTIL the world COMES-

To God and Jesus=

“MAKE DISCIPLES of all NATIONS”

IT MATTERS!

(This is a BIG JOB)

It means ALWAYS being

AVAILABLE to others

It means doing JOBS=just

Because they need to be done

It may NOT MEAN being a ROCK star=

Or an athlete-or an actress=it is

NOT GLORIOUS=but it MATTERS

Dear Lord=HELP US=To give GLORY

To you today=by loving you=by

LOVING myself and others=and by

BEING YOUR DISCIPLE 

IT MATTERS=it really does

In the names of God our FATHER and Jesus Christ 

OUR LORD

Robert P. Wallman

5-31-17

Ps          INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Karla Manternach 

6-05-06-2020 and 2-06-2022 and 9-24-2022